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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE '1. TURNEY, OF ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE TURNEY COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

MUSIC SHEET OR RECORD.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

Original application filed August 23, 1906, Serial No. 331,740. Divided and this application filed September 23, 1907. Serial No. 394,021.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE T. TURKEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rock Island, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Music Sheets or Records, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in music sheet or record particularly adapted for use with pneumatic playing attachments for musical instruments of the type shown and described in my application for United States Letters Patent, Serial No. 331,710, filed August 23, 1906, of which the present application is a division, and the primary object of the invention is to provide an intproved music sheet or record which will. automatically stop the operating mechanism.

A further object is to provide an improved device of this character which will be simple and cheap to manufacture and eflicient and effective in operation.

To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects as will appear, the invent-ion consists in the features of novelty in the construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings, illustrating an enemplification of the invention, and 111 WlllCl1- Figure 1 is a detail front elevation of a portion of a piano having this attachment applied thereto in accordance with the principles of this invention, and with the front of the piano casing removed. Fig. 2 is a detail elevation of the tripping mechanism for breaking the circuit to stop the operating motor. Fig. 3 is a detail end elevation of the supporting frame for the record and one of the pneumatics. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail top plan View of the tripping mechanism for breaking the circuit to stop the operating motor.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, and in the present exemplification of the invention, the numeral 10 designates generally the casing of a piano and 11 the keyboard thereof. Secured to suitable sup ports or brackets 12 on a piano casing are air ducts or channels 13, 14, which are preferably separated from each other by spacing blocks 15, and these air ducts or channels are connected by means of a chamber 10 located preferably at one end thereof. A suitable air chest or chamber 17 is supported in any desired or suitable manner, preferably in the base of the piano below the keyboard, which is connected to the air ducts or channels 13, 1 1, by means of a flexible tube or pipe 18 through the medium of a combiner chamber 19, and the latter has communication with the chamber 16 by means of a tubular member 20. Supported by suitable brackets or supports 21 is a record-holding frame 22, which latter also supports the tracker board 23, the latter being provided with a series of air ducts or channels 21 passing therethrough in the ordinary and well known manner. A plurality of flexible tubes or pipes 25 are secured to the tracker board 23, and each of these tubes or pipes communicates with one of the air ducts or channels 24, by one end, and the other ends thereof are respectively secured to communicate with one of the primary pneumatics 26 so as to permit the latter to be readily removed, as more clearly described in the application above referred to.

The ordinary perforated music sheet or record 27 is held upon a spool 28, which is journaled in the frame 22, passes over the tracker board 23 and is Wound upon the receiving spool or drum 29. The spool or drum 29 is rotatably supported in suitable bearings, and these two spools or drums, 28, 29, are adapted to receive motion in the manner set forth. in the application above referred to, and which forms no part of the present invention. If desired, the upper portion of the frame 22 may be removably held in position in any suitable manner, preferably by means of braces 30, one end of which may be secured to the back of the piano casing.

The end of the air chest or chamber 17 adjacent the tube or pipe 18 may he provided with a suitable slot which is covered by a gate or valve 31, which is preferably pivotally supported by the chest and is adapted to be moved by means of an operating bar or rod 32 and guided by a suitable guide 33 so that when the gate or valve is moved, the tone volume may be varied or regulated by varying the suction in the air chest or chamher l7 in the manner which is also set forth in the application above referred to.

Supported in any suitable manner, preferably by means of the air duct or channel 14, is a magnet 34, preferably in the form of coils and pivota-lly supported in front of the coils by means of an arm or support is an armature 36 which is notched to form a shoulder 37 adjacent to its free end.

An arm or lever 38 is pivoted to a support 39, and the free end of this arm or lever is adapted to be held between suitable contact points 40 by means of a spring 41, and projecting from the sides of the arm or lever 38 is a pin or projection 42. These contacts 40 are spaced from each other and are arranged in the circuit of the operating mechanism. so that when the arm or lever 38 is in engagement therewith the circuit will be completed through the operating mechanism but when out of engagement therewith, the circuit will be broken through the operating mechanism or motor. A pneumatic 43 is also supported. preferably by the air duct or channel 14 and projecting from the movable member 44 thereof is an arm or extension 45, which is adapted to engage the free end of the arm or lever 38 to raise the same out of engagement with the contact point 40 and in such a position that the shoulder 37 will swing under and engage the projection or pin 42 when the bellows or pneumatic 43 is collapsed.

A tube or pipe 46 leads from the bellows or pneumatic 43 and communicates with the air duct or channel 14. A similar tube or pipe 47 leads from the pneumatic or bellows 43 and communicates with a port or passage 48 in a valve casing 49 supported by the frame 22. This casing is provided with a chamber 50 with which the port or passage 48 communicates, and said chamber opens through the casing and is covered with a suitable reticulated material 51, such as wire gauze or the like.

A valve 52 is located within the chamber 50 and. is controlled by means of a suitable yielding member 53, such as a spring or the like. This valve is connected to a rock shaft 54 which projects through the casing, and secured to said shaft is an arm. The free end of this arm rests upon the record 27 when in place, and the spring 53 will keep the valve 52 normally closed to allow the port or opening 48 to be covered until a pro.- jection 56 on the record 27 passes beneath the free end of the arm to raise the latter and rock the shaft 54 to unseat the valve 52 and open the port or passage 48 so as to permit the pneumatic or bellows 43 to be collapsed in the manner set forth in the application above referred to.

In use the record, being wound upon the spool 29, is placed. in the frame 22 in the ordinary manner and the free extremity thereof is secured to the spool 28 so that when the attachment is placed in operation, the spools will revolve and the record will be fed from the spool 29 to the spool 28, passing over the tracker board 23 so that the notes will be sounded through the me dium of the primary pneumatics 26 in the manner as set forth in the application above referred to, when the apertures in the record pass across the respective openings or air ducts 24 in the tracker board. The free extremity of the arm 55 will rest upon the record or music sheet 27 as it is unwound from the spool 29 and on to spool 28, and will remain in contact with the face thereof until the projection 56 passes under the extremity of the arm 55 to raise the arm and rock the shaft 54 to move the valve 52 to open the port or passage 48. When the pneumatic 43 is collapsed, the projection 45 thereon will engage the extremity of the arm or lever 38 and raise the same out of engagement with the contacts 40, which latter are connected to the operating motor (not shown) until the pin 42 is in a position to be engaged by the shoulder 37 on the arm 36. In this position the arm 38 will be held out of engagement with the contacts 40 and against the tension of the spring 41, so that when the magnet 34 is energized in the manner set forth in the application above referred to, the armature 36 will be attracted thereby to release the arm or lever 38, at which time the spring 41 will force the same into engagement with the contact 40 to start 10C the apparatus.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination of a record, operating 1 5 mechanism for the record including a valve,

a circuit in which the operating mechanism is included, and means on the record for positively operating the valve to break the circuit through the said. operating mecha- 0 nism.

2. The combination of a record, operating mechanism for the record including a valve,

a circuit in which the operating mechanism is included, and a projection. on the record for positively operating the valve to break the circuit through the said operating mechamsm.

The combination of a record, the body portion of which is provided with means for controlling note sounding instrumentalities. operating mechanism for the record including a valve, a circuit in which the operating mechanism is included and means on the record independent of the note sounding means for positively operating the valve to break the circuit through the said. operating mechanism.

4. The combination of a record, operating mechanism for the record including a valve, 30

yielding means for normally seating the valve, a circuit within Which the operating mechanism is included, and means on the record for unseating the valve against the 5 tension of the yielding means for breaking \l;l;l\G circuit through the operating mechasm. 5. The combination of a record, operating mechanism for the record including a valve, 10 yielding means for normally seating the valve, a circuit within which the operating mechanism is included, and a projection on the record adjacent the edge thereof for unseating the valve against the tension of the 5 yielding means for breaking the circuit through the operating mechanism.

6. The combination of a record, operating EUGENE T. TURNEY.

\Vitnesses:

FRANCIS A. HOPKINS, CHARLES H. SEEM.

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